Thomas v. Thomas

Appellant filed her petition to remove the administrator of the estate of Will Thomas, deceased, for possession of certain personalty, and for a decree adjudging her to be the sole heir of Will Thomas. She asks also to be appointed administratrix. Appellee, cited as a defendant, denied that Lettie Thomas was the lawful wife and now the sole heir of the deceased, but alleged that appellee was his daughter and as such his sole heir. The Chancellor held that appellant was the common law wife of Will Thomas and that the appellee was his legitimate child and entitled to share in the estate…